Part One: Units 1-3
Unit 4: Evolution and Change
Chapter 11: Evolution
- Section 11.1: Evidence for Evolution
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 13A: Crazy Adaptions
- Skill and Practice Sheet 13.1: Charles Darwin
- Suggested Reading: The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin by Peter Sis, Charles Darwin and the Beagle Adventure by A.J. Wood, On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition by Charles Darwin, David Quammen. (Additional Literature Tie-In: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly)
- An excellent 53-page booklist on Darwin and evolution can be found here. See also: Charlie's Playhouse.
- DVD(s): Creation, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Secret Notebooks
- Section 11.2: How Evolution Works
- Section 11.3: Natural Selection
- Tree of Life Web Project
- Charles Darwin from The Open University: Includes "Devolve Me" activity.
- Section 12.1: Evidence from Rocks
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 14A: Relative Dating
- Graphic Organizer 14.2: Relative Dating
- Skill and Practice Sheet 14.1: Scientific Notation
- Skill and Practice Sheet 14.1: Nicholas Steno
- Skill and Practice Sheet 14.2: Relative Dating
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 14B: Interpreting the Fossil Record
- Section 12.2: How Earth Changes
- Section 12.3: Life History
Chapter 13: The Diversity of Life
- Section 13.1: Taxonomy and Systematics
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 15A: Creature Cladogram
- Creature Cards for Creature Cladogram
- Graphic Organizer 15.1: Taxonomy
- Skill and Practice Sheet 15.1: Carolus Linnaeus
- Skill and Practice Sheet 15.1: Primate Cladogram
- Animal Kingdom Labels (.PDF) for animal classification; from Montessori Materials
- Section 13.2: Algae and Fungi
- Graphic Organizer 15.2: Algae and Fungi
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 15B: Bread Mold
- Spore Print Lab at Middle School Science
- Yeast Experiments at Home Biology
- Growing Fungi Lab at Home Biology (And for fun, a Glow in the Dark Mushroom Kit)
- Section 14.1: What Are Plants?
- Section 14.2: Roots, Stems, and Leaves
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 16A: Leaf Structure and Function
- Skill and Practice Sheet 16.2: The Parts of a Plant
- Skill and Practice Sheet 16.2: Root Structure Diagram
- Section 14.3: Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 16B: Flower Dissection
- Skill and Practice Sheet 16.3: Flower Parts
- Skill and Practice Sheet 16.3: Plant Reproduction
- Suggested Reading: John Muir: My Life with Nature by Joseph Cornell and John Muir
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: Flowering Plants at Delta Education
- See: Planting Science
Botany Survey Set at Home Science Tools
Chapter 15: Animals
- Section 15.1: What Is an Animal?
- Graphic Organizer 17.1: Animals
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 17A: Observing Planarians
- Live planarians at Carolina Biological Supply (also here)
- Extra Lab Idea: Stem Cell Research: Plenty of Planarian and Planarian Dissection
- Section 15.2: Invertebrate Structure and Function
- Graphic Organizer 17.2: Invertebrates
- Invertebrate Critter Cards (.PDF): Students will classify invertebrates into 5 of the main groups.
- Section 15.3: Vertebrate Structure and Function
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: Animal Observatory at Delta Education
Unit 6: The Human Body
Chapter 16: Human Body Systems
- Section 16.1: Circulation and Respiration
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 18A: Who's Got the Beat?
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 18B: The Pressure's On
- Graphic Organizer 18.1: The Circulatory System
- Graphic Organizer 18.2: The Respiratory System
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: Stopwatch Math
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: Dr. Daniel H. Williams
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: Dr. Charles Drew
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: Helen Taussig
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: The Heart
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: The Human Respiratory System
- Skill and Practice Sheet 18.1: Circulation
- Section 16.2: Human Reproduction
- Section 16.3: Other Organ Systems
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: Body Basics (Digestive, Respiratory and Skeletal Systems) at Delta Education
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: A Peek Inside You at Delta Education
- Section 17.1: Bones and Muscles
- Graphic Organizer 19.1: Structure of Bone
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.1: Human Skeletal System Diagram
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.1: Bone Cross-Section
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.1: Types of Human Body Joints
- Section 17.2: The Human Body as a Machine
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 19A: Levers
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 19B: Levers and the Human Body
- Graphic Organizer 19.2: Skeletal/Muscle Partners as Simple Machines
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.2: Mechanical Advantage
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.2: Types of Levers
- Skill and Practice Sheet 19.2: Levers in the Human Body
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: The Human Machine at Delta Education
- Section 18.1: The Nervous System
- Graphic Organizer 20.1: Nerve Impulses
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.1: Brain Diagram
- Neuroscience for Kids [website] and Backyard Brains [website + kit]
- Section 18.2: Vision
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 20A: Color Vision
- Student Record Sheet: Investigation 20B: The Human Eye
- Graphic Organizer 20.2: How the Eye Works
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.2: Measuring Angles with a Protractor
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.2: Reflection
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.2: Using Ray Diagrams
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.2: Drawing Ray Diagrams
- Skill and Practice Sheet 20.3: Parts of the Human Eye
- Section 18.3: Optics
- Section 18.4: Hearing
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: Vision and Hearing at Delta Education
- Science in a Nutshell Kit: Smell, Taste, Touch at Delta Education
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